Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act (6) Zimbabwe The responsible police officer shall be in charge of the destruction or disposal of the seized article at the date, time and place referred to in subsection (5)(b): Provided that whenever the responsible police officer is prevented by illness or other reasonable cause from discharging his or her function under this subsection, such function shall be discharged by any police officer of or above the rank of sergeant designated by the responsible police officer for that purpose. (7) The Prosecutor-General or any public prosecutor appointed by the Prosecutor-General generally or specifically for that purpose, and any other person on behalf of an agency that received a communication referred to in subsection (5), shall be entitled to be present at the destruction of the seized article or to witness its disposal, as the case may be. (8) On the date and time appointed by the responsible police officer under subsection(5), the police officer in charge of the destruction or disposal of the seized article shall, immediately upon such destruction or disposal, sign a declaration attesting to the destruction or disposal of the seized article, to which any witnesses authorised by subsection (7) to be present thereat shall also subscribe their names and signatures. [section inserted by section 26 of Act 2 of 2016] 63B. Admissibility in evidence of certain notices and entries made under this Part (1) Any original or authenticated copy of— (a) a full receipt issued in relation to an article seized in terms of this Part; (b) an entry in an inventory referred to in section 58(1)(b); (c) a notice of destruction or disposal of a seized article or a notice to be present at the destruction or disposal thereof issued to any person for the purposes of section 58(3)(a) or (c); (d) a notice of further retention of the seized article served in terms of section 58A(1); (e) an entry in an occurrence book made for the purposes of section 63A(3); shall, upon its mere production by any person, be prima facie proof of the facts stated therein. [section inserted by section 26 of Act 2 of 2016] 64. Women detained for immoral purposes (1) If it appears to a magistrate on complaint made on oath by a parent, husband, relative or guardian of a woman or girl, or any other person who, in the opinion of the magistrate, is acting in good faith in the interests of a woman or girl, that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that such woman or girl is unlawfully detained for immoral purposes by any person in any place within the magistrate’s jurisdiction, he may issue a warrant directed to a peace officer and authorizing him to search for such woman or girl, and when found to take her to and detain her in a place of safety until she can be brought before a magistrate, and the magistrate before whom she is brought may cause her to be delivered up to her parents, husband, relatives or guardians, or otherwise deal with her as the circumstances may permit and require. (2) The magistrate issuing the warrant may by warrant direct any person accused of so unlawfully detaining the woman or girl to be arrested and brought before him or some other magistrate having jurisdiction. (3) A woman or girl shall be deemed to be unlawfully detained for immoral purposes if she— (a) being under the age of sixteen years, is detained for those purposes, whether against her will or not; or By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 41